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Southwest Airlines (LUV)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$29.62 USD

29.62
7,082,052

+0.06 (0.20%)

Updated Aug 8, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $29.60 -0.02 (-0.07%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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A Value C Growth F Momentum C VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 41% (100 out of 244)

Industry: Transportation - Airline

Zacks News

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Southwest Airlines & AMFA Ink Tentative Deal: What's Ahead?

The deal between Southwest Airlines (LUV) and its mechanics' union, if approved, becomes amendable on Aug 16, 2024.

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

Southwest Airlines (LUV) closed the most recent trading day at $53.18, moving +0.55% from the previous trading session.

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What to Expect from Boeing's (BA) Q1 Earnings Amid 737 MAX Headwinds

Shares of Boeing (BA) have fallen over 8% since a 737 MAX aircraft was involved in a deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash. With that said, until all the information is out, investors might want to simply see what to expect from the company's upcoming first quarter fiscal 2019 financial results.

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Airline Stock Roundup: LUV's 737 MAX Update, DAL's Bullish View & More

Delta's bullish Q1 earnings guidance contributes to the uptick in the sector tracker.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: ExxonMobil, PayPal, Starbucks, Southwest Airlines and Interactive Brokers

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: ExxonMobil, PayPal, Starbucks, Southwest Airlines and Interactive Brokers

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Top Stock Reports for ExxonMobil, PayPal & Starbucks

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including ExxonMobil (XOM), PayPal (PYPL) and Starbucks (SBUX).

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Southwest (LUV) Calls Off 737 MAX Operations Through May-End

Southwest (LUV) will publish a new flight schedule for May following its decision to extend the tenure of grounding the Boeing 737 MAX jets.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: SkyWest, Alaska Air, Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: SkyWest, Alaska Air, Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines

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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

In the latest trading session, Southwest Airlines (LUV) closed at $50.44, marking a +1.22% move from the previous day.

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Airline Stock Roundup: A4A's Upbeat Spring Travel Forecast, LUV's Q1 Bearish View

A4A's rosy forecast for spring travel season further highlights the solid demand for air travel.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: American Airlines, SkyWest, Alaska Air, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: American Airlines, SkyWest, Alaska Air, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines

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Southwest Cuts Q1 View on 737 MAX Groundings & Other Concerns

Multiple flight cancellations due to 737 MAX groundings, weather-related disturbances and unscheduled maintenance disruptions weigh on Southwest's (LUV) Q1 outlook.

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5 Airline Stocks Ready for Takeoff This Spring

A sturdy economy, low unemployment and increase in consumer outlay are driving record levels of airline travel.

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Busiest Spring Season in the Cards for U.S. Airlines Per A4A

Factors like low air fares and a healthy U.S. economy contribute to A4A's bullish forecast for 2019 spring travel season.

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Southwest's 737 Max Ferry Flight Makes Emergency Landing

Southwest's (LUV) 737 Max emergency landing is not a result of an anti-stall software that caused the two deadly crashes in the past few months.

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Airline Industry Near-Term Outlook Robust on Passenger Revenues

Strong demand for air travel and low oil prices support growth of the airline industry. However, capacity-related woes concern us.

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Hawaiian Holdings Stock Slips to 52-Week Low: Here's Why

Hawaiian Holdings' (HA) dismal performance can be attributed to factors like declining unit revenues and the possibility of increased competition in Hawaii.

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BA Stock Remains a Strong Buy as Ethiopian Airlines Backs Boeing

Boeing (BA) shares had been on a bit of a decline before the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash involving the aerospace power's 737 MAX aircraft. Despite the deadly incident and the current investigation into the cause of the Ethiopian crash, Boeing stock remains a strong buy and its shares popped over 1.2% Monday on the back of some seemingly positive news.

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Buy Boeing and Other Aerospace-Defense Stocks Despite Trade War Pull Back?

This underperforming industry has an enormous amount of potential for growth in 2019 as trade tensions lighten

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Allegiant Partners TPG for Sunseeker Resorts Development

TPG Sixth Street commits to invest $175 million initially for the resort development, per the deal inked with Allegiant (ALGT).

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Southwest Airlines Adds Routes Across the United States

Southwest Airlines (LUV) fortifies its foothold domestically with more nonstop services.

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Airline Stock Roundup: Azul Misses on Q4 Earnings, AAL Calls Off Venezuela Flights

Devaluation of the Brazilian Real and high fuel costs hurt Azul's (AZUL) fourth-quarter 2018 results.

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Stock Market News For Mar 18, 2019

Markets closed in the green on Friday as optimism around a U.S. - China trade deal boosted investor sentiment.

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Southwest (LUV) Inks Tentative Deal With AMFA: What's Ahead?

Southwest Airlines (LUV) and its mechanics' union ink a provisional deal, after the Federal Aviation Administration's warning about safety-related risks.

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Airline Stock Roundup: ALK & JBLU Q1 RASM Views Cut, Boeing 737 Max Fleet in Focus

The February load factor decline at SkyWest (SKYW) and JetBlue (JBLU) does not bode well for the airline space.